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MERC ER01-10
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T0 Ave
#/ml
T0 StDev
#/ml
TF Ave
#/ml
TF StDev
#/ml
Control
Diatom
1,223
128
Dinoflagellate
1,463
163
Treated
Diatom
253
36
25
Dinoflagellate
408
33
34
Note: 1,200/ml = Average counts for T-Final-Treated, for picoplankton <10µm.
Dominant species
Type
Other
Gyrodinium estuarale
Glenodinium danicum
Dinoflagellate
Dinoflagellate
Skeletonema costatum
Diatom
Chain-forming
Oxyrrhis marina
Apedinella sp.
Chaetoceros sp.
Dinoflagellate
Chrysophyceae
Diatom
Active Chlorophyll-a
- Chlorophyll is used as ancillary data and as a general
presence/absence indicator of viable photosynthetic organisms (MDL = 0.56
µg).
T0 Ave
µg/l
T0 StDev
µg/l
TF Ave
µg/l
TF StDev
µg/l
Control
6.51
2.24
1.19
0.05
Treated
0.56
0.00
0.56
0.00
Regrowth Control
4.05
4.87
Regrowth Treated
0.56
0.00
Live Microbes (cfu = colony forming units)
E. coli
T0 Ave
cfu/100ml
T0 StDev
cfu/100ml
TF Ave
cfu/100ml
TF StDev
cfu/100ml
Control
28.8
2.39
2.8
2.77
Treated
0
0
0
0
Enterococci
T0 Ave
cfu/100ml
T0 StDev
cfu/100ml
TF Ave
cfu/100ml
TF StDev
cfu/100ml
Control
8.7
5.05
4.94
1.35
Treated
0
0
0
0
V. cholerae – No detectable culturable toxigenic Vibrio cholerae were detected in any
samples during any of the trials.
Heterotrophic
Bacteria
T0 Ave
cfu/100ml
T0 StDev
cfu/100ml
TF Ave
cfu/100ml
TF StDev
cfu/100ml
Control
712
376.94
287.3
166.88
Treated
0.1
0.33
0
0